explain cleansing action of soap
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Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids. They contain two ends having different properties: the carboxylic acid part which is hydrophobic and the ionic end (Na+ or K+) which is hydrophilic
Dirt present in clothes is a hydrocarbon. When soap is used in water, the soap molecules tend to surround the dirt such that they form a cluster in which the hydrophobic tails are in the interior of the cluster and the hydrophilic part are on the surface of the cluster. The hydrophilic part dissolves in water and the hydrophobic part dissolves in the hydrocarbon (dirt). This formation or cluster is called micelle.
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The soap solution is a colloidal solution of micelles. The oil and dirt of the clothes or skin are absorbed by the hydrophobic hydrocarbon part of the soap by the mechanical action of rubbing. Layers from the dirty surface are converted into small globules
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